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ἄσικχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄσικχος ἄσικχη ἄσικχον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + σικχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: (어원이 불명확함.)

Sense

  1. not nice as to food

Examples

  • ἦν δὲ περὶ τὰσ τροφοὺσ ἐπιμέλειά τισ μετὰ τέχνησ, ὥστ’ ἄνευ σπαργάνων ἐκτρεφούσασ τὰ βρέφη τοῖσ μέλεσι καὶ τοῖσ εἴδεσιν ἐλευθέρια ποιεῖν, ἔτι δὲ εὔκολα ταῖσ διαίταισ καὶ ἄσικχα καὶ ἀθαμβῆ σκότου καὶ πρὸσ ἐρημίαν ἄφοβα καὶ ἄπειρα δυσκολίασ ἀγεννοῦσ καὶ κλαυθμυρισμῶν. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 16 3:1)

Similar forms

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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